The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915)
- Genre
- silent film, crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man is found murdered in a hansom cab in 1880s Melbourne. The police investigate a web of suspects with hidden connections to the victim.
stiffdatedatmosphericunsettlingtragicnoirishslow-pacedmysterious
What happens
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a 1915 British silent crime film directed by Harold Weston and starring Milton Rosmer, Fay Temple and A.V. Bramble. It is an adaptation of Fergus Hume's 1886 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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